excavate

['ekskəveit]

v.挖掘, 挖开, 发掘（古物）

vt.

1. 挖掘(穴、洞等); 开凿

They plan to excavate a large hole before putting in the foundations.

他们计划打地基前先挖个大洞。

2. 发掘(古物等)

The archaeologists excavated a buried city.

考古学家发掘出一个埋在地下的城市。

vi.

挖掘; 发掘

词形变化

动词过去式: excavated | 动词过去分词: excavated | 动词现在分词: excavating | 动词第三人称单数: excavates |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.挖掘

dig  scoop  unearth  burrow  pull up  

同义参见:

deepen  gouge  grub  shovel  mine  dredge  ditch  

反义:

vt.挖; 发掘

bury  inter  

英英释义

动词 excavate:

lay bare through digging

同义词：unearth

find by digging in the ground

同义词：dig up, turn up

form by hollowing

remove the inner part or the core of

同义词：dig, hollow

补充

excavateexcavate英:[ˈekskəveit] 美:[ˈɛkskəˌvet]vt.1.挖掘, 开凿They plan to excavate a large hole.他们计划挖个大洞。2.挖出, 发掘The archaeologists excavated an ancient fortress.考古学家们发掘出一个古堡。

例句

1. A new Danish expedition is again excavating the site in annual summer digs.一支新的丹麦考察队又在那个遗址上进行了一年一度的夏季挖掘。 2. Archaeologists were excavating the area.考古学家当时正在该地区进行挖掘。 3. Their first task was to find and excavate the graves described in the diary.他们的首要任务就是找到日记中所描述的那些墓穴并进行挖掘。 4. The Project has excavated and partially restored the hilltop fort.该项目已经发掘出山顶堡垒并进行了部分修复。 5. The turtles burrow into the sand and excavate a small chamber.海龟们往沙里打洞并挖出了一个小洞穴。 6. the construction teams excavating the tunnel开凿隧道的建筑队 7. A contractor was hired to drain the reservoir and to excavate soil from one area for replacement with clay.雇了一个承包商把水库抽干, 挖掉一处的泥土, 然后再用黏土填充。 8. It will not be necessary to excavate the tooth thoroughly.不需要把这颗牙齿全部掏空。 9. the first British explorer to excavate there第一个对那里进行发掘的英国勘探家 10. When the investigators arrived, he helped them excavate.调查人员来到后帮助他们进行挖掘。 11. excavate to a depth of between 9in and 12in.挖9到12英寸深。 12. The ground was excavated for a foundation.地面被挖空作为地基。 13. to excavate a tunnel挖隧道 14. They've excavated a hole in the road.他们在路上挖了一个洞。 15. to excavate earth and sand挖出泥土和沙 16. to excavate ancient ruins发掘古代遗迹 17. to excavate an ancient city发掘一座古城市 18. the cheapest way of doing this was to excavate a long trench.干这事儿花费最少的方法就是挖一条长长的沟。 19. the ground was largely excavated by hand.地面大部分都是手挖的。 20. a very large amount of gravel would be excavated to form the channel.大量的砾石将被挖掘出来用于修建水渠。 21. clothing and weapons were excavated from the burial site.从墓里掘出衣物和武器。 22. A Roman villa has been excavated in a valley near the village.村旁的山谷里发掘出一座罗马时代的宅第。 23. Excavations on the site have revealed Saxon objects.遗址发掘出几件撒克逊人的物品。 24. They excavated an ancient city.他们挖掘出一座古城。 25. It is the first site to be excavated in this area.这是首次在这一地区发掘的一处遗址。 26. They began excavating the backyard for their new pool.他们开始在后院挖掘，建一处新水塘。 27. excavate a tunnel开凿一条隧道 28. The excess dirt was carefully excavated.多余的泥土被小心翼翼地运走了。